Posts filed under “Election coverage”
So Sarah Palin doesn’t read newspapers… Who does?
Yes, in a recent interview with Katie Couric, Governor Palin was unable to name one newspaper or magazine that she reads. Some take that to mean that she doesn’t read newspapers. Somehow that it is a bad thing. In reality, that just makes Palin in touch with the average American — who also doesn’t read [...]
NY Times and CNN show how an election should be covered
I remarked to my girlfriend last night how useless the wire stories about Super Tuesday were each time I saw a new one pop up. Every time a candidate won a state, a new story was released. Reading over the wire stories made me realize how inadequate the printed word is for election coverage on [...]
This is journalism?
The pre-primary polls in New Hampshire predicted a Barack Obama, not Hillary Clinton, victory. They predicted a landslide, a race changing victory. Alas, Clinton won, despite Obama being ahead by double digits in many polls. The polls have been wrong twice now — even exit polls had Obama out front. The real question is: why [...]